The investment philosophy practiced by Warren Buffett calls for investors to take a long-term horizon when making an investment, such as a ten year holding period (or even longer), and reconsider making the investment in the first place if unable to envision holding the stock for at least five years. Today, we look at how such a long-term strategy would have done for investors in Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE: CMG) back in 2010, holding through to today.

CMG 10-Year Return Details

Start date:

05/20/2010

$10,00005/20/2010

$75,37505/19/2020

End date:

05/19/2020

Start price/share:

$133.84

End price/share:

$1,009.08

Starting shares:

74.72

Ending shares:

74.72

Dividends reinvested/share:

$0.00

Total return:

653.95%

Average annual return:

22.37%

Starting investment:

$10,000.00

Ending investment:

$75,375.47

As shown above, the ten year investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 22.37%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $75,375.47 today (as of 05/19/2020). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 653.95% (something to think about: how might CMG shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]

More investment wisdom to ponder:“The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” — Phillip Fisher